JAS 39C Gripen

The JAS 39C Gripen was introduced in 2002 featuring some improvements such as air refueling, color displays, oxygen generators, strengthened wing structures, software improvements and new external hard-point types. The new standard is specially aimed at the export market. All new production single-seater Gripens to be delivered to the Swedish Air Force from 2002 will be C models. On 14 June, 2004, Saab and the Czech Republic government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the lease of 14 new production C-standard Gripen fighters for a 10-year period. The first aircraft will be delivered to the Czech Air Force in 2005 with Saab assuming full responsibility for maintenance services of Czech Gripens during the lease period. On October 18, 2004, the maiden flight of the first Gripen intended for the export market occurred at Satenas Air Force Base, western central Sweden. The aircraft, a single-seat JAS 39C, was marked with Czech colors and will be delivered to the Czech Air Force in April 2005. On 30 March 2006 Saab handed over the first five Gripen aircraft (3C + 2D) from a lease and purchase agreement on 12 single-seat Gripen C and 2 dual-seat Gripen D to the Hungarian Air Force at the Kecskémet air base. The remaining nine Gripen C single-seat aircraft were expected to be delivered progressively until December 2007.

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